Game



W. L. BUEDINGEN GAME Filed Sept. 10, 192-3 WILLIAM L. BUEEHNGEN,

Patented June 16, 1925.

UN'TED S A wan n; BUEIQINGEN, or iviiLwA nE, Wisconsin.

GAME.

g npplication filed Septemberl0,1923. Serial at. 661,977.

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM L. Brianna- GEN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and resident ofMilwaukee, in the countyof Milwaukeeyand State ofl/Visconsin, have in.- vented new and useful Improvements in Games, ofwhich the following is a description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing, which is a part of this specification. 1

This invention relatesto certain new and useful improvements in gamesandhas as a primary object to provide a readily portable game which will behighly amusing to the young andold alike.

It is another object of this invention to provide a game which isself-contained in that it comprises a plurality of sections adapted tobe closed to form a unitary parcel when not in. use.

This invention has for another object to provide a game comprising aplurality ofi sections adapted to be closed to provide a unitary parcelwhen not in use and to be opened to provide a game board or court forthe playing of quoits, horseshoes, or any similar game.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a game of thecharacter described comprising two sections adapted to be telescopedwhen. not in use to form a unitary parcel and to be secured end to endto provide a game board or court having a scoring stake pin adjacentopposite ends towhich playing members are thrown.

And a still further object of this invention resides in the provision ofa section for a game of the character described having a stake or pinrigidly secured therein with its external portions concealed by a coveror wrapping for the section.

. With the above and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, my invention resides in the novel construction,combination and arrangement of parts substantially as hereinafterdescribed and more particularly defined by the appended claim, it beingunderstood that such changes in the precise embodiment of the hereindisclosed invention may be made as come within the scope of the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, I have 11- lustrated one complete exampleof the physical embodiment of my invention constructed according to thebest mode I have Figure 1. is a perspective VlBVWill-UStlfitingthesections of my game in closed or;

telescopedcondition; i

Figure 2 is'a perspective view illustrat ing the sectionsthereofsecuredopen and secured end to end to provide a game boa-rd 7 ready for.playing; V

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary detail sections end to end, saidview being taken through Figure 2 on the plane of the line 33, and

Figure 4: is an enlarged fragmentary detail view illustrating the mannerof securing the scoring post or pins in the sections, said view beingtaken through Figure 2 on the plane of the line l4.,

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawing, thenumerals 5 and 6 each designate a section having bottom and side walls 7and 8, respectively,having their exterior provided with a wrapper orcover 9 adapted to have any desired advertising or matter printedthereon.

The sections 5 and 6 are adapted. to be tele scoped one within the otheras illustrated in Figure 1, when the game is not in use, but when it isdesired to play the game, the sections are arranged end to end andsecured in this position by readily detachable clip mem-. bers 10. Inthe present embodiment, the clip members are each struck or formed froma single length or strip of resilient material medially folded to causethe free ends 11 to firmly clamp the abutting end walls of the sectionstherebetween.

Each section has a stake or pin 12 secured therein, adjacent its outerend, by having its shank passed through an opening in the bottom wall ofthe section to clamp the section bottom wall between its head 13, and awasher 14; is secured in position by swedging the stake or pin, as at15. As illustrated in Figure 4, the cover 9 passes over the head 13 tothus conceal it and prevent the mar-ring or scratching of the table orany other support, not shown, upon which the sections may be placed toplay the game.

As illustrated in Figure 2, game markers such as a plurality ofconcentric circles 16 radiate from the axis of each stake or pin 12. Thegame is played by a plurality of playing members 17 which may be in theso fardevised fonthe practical application "of the prmciples thereof, inwhich:

.65 View illustrating the manner of securingtlie l natel form ofminiature horseshoes, quoits, or other form, and the players takepositions at opposite ends of the game board or court formed by joiningthe sections end to end. The members 17 are then pitched toward thestake or pin farthest from the player, the object being to encircle thefarthest pin or come as near thereto as possible. The circles arepreferably numbered and alterlight and dark for convenience in judgingthe distance of the playing members from the stake or pin.

When the game is over, the clips 10 are removed and placed within one ofthe Sections and the other section then telescoped thereover to providea unitary parcel capable of being stored without occupying unnecessaryspace.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, it will be readily obvious to those skilled in the art to whichan invention of this character appertains, that I provide a game whichis self-contained, may be produced in quantities at a very low cost, andwhich will be highly interesting to the young and old alike. It willalso be obvious that in lieu of the clips 10, the sections may behingedly connected.

lVhat I claim as my invention is:

A game of the class described comprising a pair of telescopic containersections adapted to form a unitary parcel when not in use, a pinarranged vertically within one end portion of each section and to whichplaying members are thrown, and said sections adapted to be secured endto end when in use to position the pin of one section a distance fromthe other, said distance being dependable upon the length of eachsection.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

WILLIAM L. BUEDINGEN.

